Sometimes your desire to be yourself is not successful.

I am challenged to take part of a self awareness healing exercise. 

step 1 - Acknowledge Faults - Limited up to 15 - DONE (see post from Sept 18, 2014)

step 2 - Affirm Personality 

step 3 - Acknowledge Talents & Gifts - Unlimited

step 4 - Affirm Personality

step 5 - Write to the Woman in the Mirror

step 6 - Read aloud the Writing in step 5

step 7 - Embrace the Woman in the Mirror

step 2 - Affirm Personality 

Dear Woman in the Mirror,

   Sometimes your desire to be yourself is not successful. There are many reasons ( and a few excuses ) as to the reason this desire is not obtained. Yesterday you wrote of your faults. . . and there are nuggets of truth within those faults. You are human. You are not perfect nor without fault. Life has tainted and tarnished portions of you.

     

     Impatient, judgmental, grudges, intolerant, critical, unwilling to listen and/or forgive can on occasion describe you. These shortcomings may be true... yet those negative aspects reveal only one facet of your whole. It is good to acknowledge that which is uncomfortable and unpleasant, in order to change. Looking with honesty at the woman in the mirror creates an environment of possibility. In order to better oneself and rid oneself of undesirable traits, one must first be made aware. 

This list is a a good start. You did well by writing openly. You did look hard at the woman in the mirror. You did not shrink away from the negative. You seem strong enough to face your own ugly truths.   

 However, those negative traits are not the only thing that defines. You are more than . . . "impatient, judgmental, grudges, intolerant, critical, unwilling to listen and/or forgive." 

You are more. You are more. You are more. 

"Impatient, judgmental, grudges, intolerant, critical, unwilling to listen and/or forgive" are a few of a larger whole. Be aware. Be mindful. Listen to the sound & tone your voice. 

Today, if you are struggling, today if you falter, today if you make a mistake and embrace those negatives, talk to that woman in the mirror. When she appears before you, tell her aloud and clear so that this message sinks into the membranes of your cells: 

       

       "Suess, today at this moment, you are struggling. Today, was not your best day. Things overwhelmed and you reacted. Humanness prevailed. Your weakness peeked out from behind your strength and intercepted your responses. Not what you wanted... Not how you'd like to be. Know this, you 

        are more than your weakness. You are okay. Be kind to yourself and know that you do not always react  so negatively. You do not always lash out. Forgive yourself. Ask forgiveness of the other person. Make sure to accept your own forgiveness and if offered, accept the other person's forgiveness as well. Your intent was not hurtful even though that was the outcome. OK Suess, take a deep breath. Breath. In and out. In and out. Relax and allow the healing of forgiveness to flow. Breath. Breath. Muscles relax. Mind be still. Energy come. Spirit: embrace the truth. The truth that the mistakes of today are gone. If at all possible, let the sun set right this moment on your mistakes. Let the next breath allow you to begin again.  A new beginning is now. A new start is now. A new better response exists within you. Choose it now."    

As I tell myself, I also declare to you my reader: "You are more. You are more. You are more."